第3章 主要契約

第4章 提携にもっとも活発な事業者

第5章 マイクロバイオームの契約ディレクトリー

第6章 マイクロバイオームの契約動向：技術タイプ別

第7章 提携リソースセンター

付録

‘The Global Microbiome Partnering Terms and Agreements 2014 to 2019 report ’ provides comprehensive understanding and unprecedented access to the Microbiome partnering deals and agreements entered into by the worlds leading healthcare companies.

‘The Global Microbiome Partnering Terms and Agreements 2014 to 2019 report ’ provides an understanding and access to the Microbiome partnering deals and agreements entered into by the worlds leading healthcare companies.

Trends in Microbiome partnering deals

Disclosed headlines, upfronts, milestones and royalties by stage of development

Microbiome partnering contract documents

Top Microbiome deals by value

‘The Global Microbiome Partnering Terms and Agreements report ’ provides an understanding and access to the Microbiome partnering deals and agreements entered into by the worlds leading healthcare companies.

The report provides a detailed understanding and analysis of how and why companies enter Microbiome partnering deals. The majority of deals are early development stage whereby the licensee obtains a right or an option right to license the licensors Microbiome technology or product candidates. These deals tend to be multicomponent, starting with collaborative R&D, and commercialization of outcomes.

Understanding the flexibility of a prospective partner's negotiated deals terms provides critical insight into the negotiation process in terms of what you can expect to achieve during the negotiation of terms. Whilst many smaller companies will be seeking details of the payments clauses, the devil is in the detail in terms of how payments are triggered - contract documents provide this insight where press releases and databases do not.

This report contains links to online copies of actual Microbiome deals and contract documents as submitted to the Securities Exchange Commission by companies and their partners. Contract documents provide the answers to numerous questions about a prospective partner's flexibility on a wide range of important issues, many of which will have a significant impact on each party's ability to derive value from the deal.

Contract documents provide the answers to numerous questions about a prospective partner's flexibility on a wide range of important issues, many of which will have a significant impact on each party's ability to derive value from the deal.

For example, analyzing actual company deals and agreements allows assessment of the following:

What is actually granted by the agreement to the partner company?

What exclusivity is granted?

What are the precise rights granted or optioned?

What is the payment structure for the deal?

How aresalesand payments audited?

What is the deal term?

How are the key terms of the agreement defined?

How are IPRs handled and owned?

Who is responsible for commercialization?

Who is responsible for development, supply, and manufacture?

How is confidentiality and publication managed?

How are disputes to be resolved?

Under what conditions can the deal be terminated?

What happens when there is a change of ownership?

What sublicensing and subcontracting provisions have been agreed?

Which boilerplate clauses does the company insist upon?

Which boilerplate clauses appear to differ from partner to partner or deal type to deal type?

Which jurisdiction does the company insist upon for agreement law?

The initial chapters of this report provide an orientation of Microbiome dealmaking and business activities. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the report, whilst chapter 2 provides an overview of the trends in Microbiome dealmaking since 2014, including details of average headline, upfront, milestone and royalty terms.

Chapter 3 provides a review of the leading Microbiome deals since 2014. Deals are listed by headline value, signed by big pharma, most active Microbiome dealmaking companies. Where the deal has an agreement contract published at the SEC a link provides online access to the contract.

Chapter 4 provides a comprehensive listing of the top 25 most active companies in Microbiome dealmaking with a brief summary followed by a comprehensive listing of Microbiome deals, as well as contract documents available in the public domain. Where available, each deal title links via Weblink to an online version of the actual contract document, providing easy access to each contract document on demand.

Chapter 5 provides a comprehensive and detailed review of Microbiome partnering deals signed and announced since Jan 2014, where a contract document is available in the public domain. The chapter is organized by company A-Z, deal type (collaborative R&D, co-promotion, licensing etc), and specific therapy focus. Each deal title links via Weblink to an online version of the deal record and where available, the contract document, providing easy access to each contract document on demand.

Chapter 7 provides a comprehensive and detailed review of Microbiome partnering deals signed and announced since Jan 2014. The chapter is organized by specific Microbiome technology type in focus. Each deal title links via Weblink to an online version of the deal record and where available, the contract document, providing easy access to each contract document on demand.

In addition, a comprehensive appendix is provided organized by Microbiome partnering company A-Z, deal type definitions and Microbiome partnering agreements example. Each deal title links via Weblink to an online version of the deal record and where available, the contract document, providing easy access to each contract document on demand.

The report also includes numerous tables and figures that illustrate the trends and activities in Microbiome partnering and dealmaking since 2014.

In conclusion, this report provides everything a prospective dealmaker needs to know about partnering in the research, development and commercialization of Microbiome technologies and products.

Report scope

‘Global Microbiome Partnering Terms and Agreements 2014 to 2019’ is intended to provide the reader with an in-depth understanding and access to Microbiome trends and structure of deals entered into by leading companies worldwide.